Equity

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Contents 1 General 2 Business and Economics 3 Organizations 4 See also

Equity can refer to:

[edit] General

• Equity (law), a branch of jurisprudence in common law jurisdictions
• In many political and legal systems, a concept encompassing ideals of justice (fairness) and/or equality
• Equality, the philosophical ideal of valueing all human beings the same
• In poker strategy, the probability of winning a poker hand
• Intergenerational equity, equality and fairness in relationships between people of different ages

[edit] Business and Economics

• Stock, common or preferred financial stock
• Ownership equity, the value of an ownership interest in property
• Shareholders' equity, the owners' residual interest in the assets of an enterprise after deducting all its liabilities
• Equity investment
• Equity (economics), the study of fairness in economics
• Private equity, stock in a privately held company
• Brand equity, in marketing, the value built up in a brand

[edit] Organizations

The word equity is also used in the names of the following organizations:

• Actors' Equity Association, Labor union of actors and stage managers in the United States.
• Equity (trade union) (formerly British Actors' Equity Association), an association in the United Kingdom
• Canadian Actors' Equity Association, an association in Canada
• Equity Office Properties Trust, a company that owns and manages office buildings in the United States
• Forum Party of Alberta, also known as the Equity Party, a defunct political party from Alberta, Canada
• Equity Bank Limited, a bank based in Kenya
• Equity Music Group, a country music record label

[edit] See also

• Equity in income of affiliates